Ole Miss has reportedly granted Deontay Anderson a full release from the school, according to a report from USA TODAY columnist Dan Wolken.

Anderson, who played safety for the Rebels for the past two seasons, will apparently seek immediate eligibility at a new school.

He redshirted this football season.

Anderson petitioned the NCAA for a transfer waiver so he could be eligible to play next year. He said he was misled about NCAA violations the school had committed when he was recruited as a 4-star player in the class of 2016.

New head coach Matt Luke granted Anderson the release on Monday, a statement noted.

Here’s a tweet from Wolken, accompanied by the full statement from attorney Thomas Mars regarding the granted release for Anderson:

Ole Miss has granted Deontay Anderson a full release, per a statement from attorney Thomas Mars. Will seek immediate eligibility at new school. pic.twitter.com/lyQzbeRQzX

Cody McClure is an SEC Football Writer for Saturday Down South. He lives in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he also co-hosts a midday sports radio show for FOX Sports. Cody previously worked for Athlon Sports.

Comments

Someone needs to explain to this young man that he doesn’t need an NCAA waiver. If he transfers to an FBS school, he won’t play next year whether eligible or not. If he transfers to an FCS school, then he will be eligible without a waiver. He wasn’t even able to see the field on Ole Miss’s lousy defense. Does he really think that he is going to transfer to another FBS school and play?

I believe because of the investigation, the NCAA can waive the transfer rules for FBS. I know they waived the rules for any player transferring from Baylor. Kam Martin was released from his commitment and was immediately eligible at Auburn.

If he transferred to a school outside of the SEC, he wouldn’t have to sit out a year. If he transferred to a school within the SEC, he’d have to sit out a year. To ensure he could play immediately upon transferring, he chose to red shirt this year in case he didn’t get the waiver. But he did get the waiver. Having redshirted and holding a waiver, he’s eligible to play immediately wherever he goes, even if it’s within the SEC. No player wants to have to sit out a year at the school of his choice, so he made sure there were no hiccups when he got there. He’s eligible to play immediately.

You are incorrect on pretty much all counts. If he transfers to any school in FBS, he will have to sit out a year. He and the coaches decided together that he redshirt this year since he wasn’t going to be playing much anyway. Redshirting was preferable to playing sparingly as he did last year. He just hasn’t turned out to be good enough, and if he isn’t good enough to play defense for Ole Miss, he isn’t good enough to play defense for any FBS team. Thus, if he goes to an FBS team, he won’t play whether he gets the waiver or not. He needs to go to an FCS team, where he can play immediately without a waiver and where there is a chance he might actually be more than a part-time special teams guy.